Teacher Starts Free Clothing Bank For Students, Spreads to Whole Town

A sixth-grade teacher in Bakersfield, California was so sad to see kids coming to school wearing old, torn clothes that she started a clothing bank for students. That was three years ago, and after getting so many donations from the community, she now runs it as a benefit for the entire community.

By Jeanne Goddard

20 January 42 Views

Arkansas Woman is Hero to Thousands of Ex-Offenders Who Need Jobs

After prison, many of those who have paid their debt to society confront major hurdles in providing for themselves and their families. Darlene Lewis, whose son faced the same situation, decided to dedicate herself to helping ex-convicts find jobs so they don't fall back into a life of crime.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 January 36 Views

Workers Drop Everything to Care for Elderly Left Behind

When an assisted living home for the elderly in California shut down last fall, many of its residents were left behind, with nowhere to go. Maurice Rowland, the cook, and Miguel Alvarez, the janitor, who were working there, stayed to take care of them, quickly becoming round-the-clock caretakers.

By Jeanne Goddard

01 December 36 Views

What These Two Cops Did After 2-yo Calls 911 Has Everyone Smiling

Boynton Beach, Florida police officers responded to an apartment following a 911 hangup by a two-year-old. When they saw the sad little girl and her sister, they realized they had stumbled upon a different sort of 'emergency'. They knew what to do and returned the next day with a surprise.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 December 35 Views

Kind Off-duty Cop Takes Elderly Widow on Her Weekly Shopping Trips

Officer John Holder and 73-year-old widow Dorothy Shepard formed an unlikely friendship 6 months ago, after multiple surgeries left her recovering on her own. Every week he has taken her to doctors appointments and to run errands, mostly while he was off-duty. This was all a secret until a Walmart shopper snapped this photo and it went viral.

By Jeanne Goddard

11 December 37 Views

Tampa Bay Lawyer Holds Contest to Give Away Free Home to Family in Need

A Florida attorney who helps families fight foreclosure, wants to help a family in a major way this holiday season. Mark Stopa plans to give away a home to a family in need.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 December 36 Views

Employees Donate From Paychecks for 6 Months to Help Family They Never Met

A group of 55 employees donated money from their paychecks for six months to buy a wheelchair accessible van for someone they didn't even know, a family of seven who has a little boy with a rare genetic disorder. They surprised the family with a big, new MV-1 parked outside their home two days before Thanksgiving.

By Jeanne Goddard

15 December 36 Views

Hero is Jump Starting Cars Around Frigid Town for Free

His company usually sells cars in Moline, Illinois but this week they are resuscitating cars -- and they're doing it all over town for free, thanks to one employee who wants to do some good in the community. Brad McKorical, who works at 4th Ave Auto Sales, decided to post on Facebook asking if anyone needs a jump-start for their car.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 January 34 Views

Passengers Grant Last Wish to Ailing Southwest Flight Attendant (WATCH)

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines jet said goodbye to a dying flight attendant in the most beautiful way–even though she wasn't on the plane with them.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 April 39 Views

258 Trucks Deliver Hay To Farmers Suffering From Drought (Video)

Community appreciation is thriving in Australia thanks to a convoy of volunteer truck drivers delivering necessary resources to drought-afflicted farmers.

By Tiffani Spengler

03 April 55 Views

Hero Who Stopped Seattle Shooter Gets Wedding Gifts And Honeymoon Paid For By Strangers

Seattle area residents were so relieved that a 22-year-old college student tackled a gunman and thus prevented any more killings at the school Thursday, they began to buy up all the wedding gifts for Jon Meis and his fiance at their online registry. Then, someone set up a fundraising page to pay for a honeymoon and you won't believe how much was raised in two days.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 June 33 Views

Store Manager Gives Man a Trailer After Fire Destroys Home

William Berkshire lost his home and everything in it after his travel trailer went up in flames outside of Roy's General Store in Traverse City, Michigan. The store's manager felt so bad for the now homeless guy known as Mountain Man, he gave him a rarely used camper trailer so he would have somewhere to live. Hentschel posted the news on the store's Facebook Page and asked others to help too. Within two days, Mountain Man had clothes, bedding and boots and dishes. American Waste also donated a dumpster for him to use as he cleans up the rubble.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 February 36 Views

School's Tidal Wave of Thanks For Old Lady Who Waves Every Day

For years, Tinney Davidson has nestled into a chair every morning in her sunny front window and waved to the high school teenagers as they walked to school -- and she would resume her energetic waving in the afternoon, on their walk home, bringing a smile to their lips even on their worst days. On Valentines Day last Friday, the 84 year-old woman in Comax, British Columbia received the surprise of her life when students escorted her to a school assembly organized with the sole goal of thanking her for her years of friendliness.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 February 42 Views

How One Man Continues To 'Just Pass It On'

Thomas Weller would have died in a snow bank in 1964 had a stranger not helped him. Weller, 65, has been helping strangers in the same way ever since.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 September 32 Views

Community Wants a Statue of the Man Who's Waved to Them for 50 Years

Neighbors have started a petition to have their town erect a statue of "Bunny," a man who's waved to passersby for 50 years.

By Jim Stout

16 February 38 Views